Garment-holder.



No. 756,074. 1 PATENTED MAR. 29, 1904.

v M. M. STRAUSS.-

GARMENT HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED JULY 13, 1903.

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UNITED STATES- Patented March 29, 1904.

l PATENT OFFICE.

I GARMENT-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 756,074, dated March 29, .1904.

Application filed July 13, 1903. Serial No. 165,250. (No model.) I

T all whom, it may concern:

Be'it known that LMAURIOE M. STRAUSS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gar ment-Holders, of which the following is afull,

clear, and exact description.

This invention has for its object, primarily,

to provide an improved construction of gar-' and, second, which shall serve as a'hanger for the garments after they have been removed from the shipping boxes or packages.

The invention consists in the features of improvement hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and more particularly pointed out in the claims at the end of this specification. i

I wish it distinctly understood, however, that while theprimary object of my invention is to produce a garment-holder that can be used for retaining the shape of the garment both in transportation and when removed from the shipping boxes or packages still it will be seen that features of the invention are susceptible of embodiment in garment holdersor hangers of the type ordinarily employed.

merely for suspending suits of clothing.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a garmentholder embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view showing .the position of the holder within a shipping-box.

In the preferred form of the invention the holder is made as a wire frame; but manifestly other material than wire may be employed without departure from the spirit of the invention.

As shown, the frame consists of the upper and lower sections A and B, that, are adjustable with respect to each other. The top of the section A, which is adapted to set within the upper portions of a coat, is formed with the expanded shoulder portions (4 and a", and from the outer ends of these shoulder portions a and a lead, respectively, the wires (0 and (R. The upper portions of the wires 0 and a are preferably bowed outward toward the armholes of the coat within which the frame will be set.

The preferred manner of connecting the two sections of the frame together is by passing the side wires 0 and a of the upper section I 'A through eyes or loops 6, formed at the upper ends of the lower frame-section B, the

lower ends of the wires 6& and a being formed with hooks or bent portions 60 that partially encircle the side wire 5" of the lower framesection. In this manner the sections A'and B are made adjustable with respect toeach other.

In order to enable the adjustment of the seclower frame-section B,'thereby permittingthe frame-sections to be shifted freely with respect to each other, andwhen the sections are in the required position the hooked ends a will be again engaged with the side wires Z) of the lower frame-section B. Preferably wire bands 6 are secured to the side wires 6 adjacent the loops Z), and against these wire loops 5 the wires 6& and a will bind when the hooks a of these wires 6& and a are forced into engagement with the side wires 6 of the lower frame-section B. 4

Across the top of the lower frame-section B extends the cross-bar b and across the bottom of this frame-section extends the bottom bar 6 Preferably the bars 5 and b are formed of wire and are connected to or formed in piece with the side wires Z) of the framesection B.

When a suit of mens clothing is to be packed for shipment, the upper section A of the garment-holder will be placed within the frame section B. The trousers of the suit will be laid upon the bottom of the packingbox and will be folded around the bottom bar 6 of the frame-section B and upon the outside of the coat. The waistcoat of the suit may be laid between the trousers and the coat, so as to retain it in position. The sections of my improved garment-holder will be adjusted so as to snugly fit within the shipping-box w, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, and the adjustment of the sections adapts the holder for shipping-boxes of difierent slzes.

When a suit of clothes is placed within the shipping-box as above described, it will be seen that the several articles of clothing will be held in shape and be prevented from collapsing when the shipping-box is turned upon its sides or ends. Where suits of clothes are shipped without garment-holders, it is found that inasmuch as the shipping-boxes are in transportation usually stood on edge the clothes when removed from the box are wrinkled and require to be pressed before used. By the employment of my improved garmentholder the clothing is retained in shape during transportation regardless of the position in which the shipping-box may be placed.

When the suit of clothes is removed from the shipping -box, my improved garmentholder serves as a most efiective'means for hanging the garments. The upper framesection A serves as 'a coat and vest hanger in the usual manner, and for such purpose it is provided at its top with a hook (J, attached centrally between the shoulder portions (4 and a of the hangersectionA, and the cross-bar 6 serves as a support for the trousers, which will be hung across this bar.

If my improved garment-holder is formed of wire, the hook C may be attached to an upwardly-extending loop (0 formed in the wire of which the upper part of the framesection A is formed. The manner of forming the frame-section's of wire will be readily understood from the accompanying drawings, and it will be understood also that the framesections could be formed of any other suitable material without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A garment-holder, comprising an upper section formed with expanded shoulder portions a and a and having wires a and a" leading downwardly therefrom and rigid therewith and a lower section formed of side wires 6 and bottom wires the side wires of the lower section being extensibly connected to the side wires of the upper section.

2. A garment-holder, comprising an upper section adapted to set within the shoulder portions of a coat and a lower section adjustably connected to said upper section, said lower section being provided at its top with a cross-bar adjustable therewith with respect to said upper section.

3. A garment-holder, comprising an upper section adapted to set within the shoulder portions of a coat and having downwardlyextending side wires and a lower section adjustably connected to the side wires of said upper section and having a cross-wire carried at its top and adjustable therewith toward and from the upper section.

4. A garment-holder formed of an upper section having its upper portion adapted to set within'the shoulder portions of a coat and a lower section extensibly connected to said upper section, said lower section being formed of side wires. a bottom wire and a top crossbar, all of which are adjustable to'and from said upper section.

5. A garment-holder comprising an upper section formed of Wire and having side wires provided with hooks at their ends and a lower section formed of wire, said lower section being provided at its top with a cross-bar and having eyes or hooks through which the side.

wires of the upper section extend.

MAURICE M. STRAUSS. VVitne'sses:

FRED GERLACH, HARRY L. CLAPP. 

